COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES Columbia Fireflies (2-2) vs. Hagerstown Suns (1-3) RHP Chris Viall (‘17: 0-3, 3.42 - Brooklyn) vs. LHP Jackson Stoeckinger (’17: 2-0, 4.73 - GCL Nationals) Monday, April 9, 2018 — Spirit Communications Park — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 5 LISTEN: Fox Sports Radio 1400 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / iHeartRadio App WATCH: MiLB.TV GLOW POINTS NEWS & NOTES CONTENTS ABOUT LAST GAME: Columbia dropped the series finale to the Pages 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher SAL South 1H Standing: T-2nd (-1.0) Page 3: Manager & Coaching Staff Home Record: 2-2 Augusta GreenJackets on Sunday, 10-5. The home team tallied 11 Pages 4-6: Individual Hitting Notes Road Record: 0-0 hits, three of which from second baseman Blake Tiberi Day Record: 0-1 Page 7: Extra Hitting Notes Night Record: 2-1 Pages 8-9: Bullpen Notes Page 10: Miscellaneous Pitching Notes Homestand: 2-2 O-KAY: Anthony Kay’s first professional start in the Mets organization went just fine on Sunday. Eighteen months after Tommy Page 11: Season Highs and Lows Streak: L2 Page 12: Transactions John surgery, Kay struck out four over four innings and did not allow Sunday: 0-1 Page 13: Day-by-Day Results Monday: an earned run. Kay had not pitched in the Mets system in 2016 and Tuesday: 2017 due to the injury. Wednesday: vs. Hagerstown (0-0, 0-0 Home) Thursday: 1-0 Friday: 1-0 START ME UP: Columbia's starting pitchers have all turned in Saturday: 0-1 splendid performances to begin the year: April 9 Home 7:05 p.m. April: 2-2 April 10 Home 7:05 p.m. May: June: • April 5, Tony Dibrell: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 6 K July: April 11 Home 7:05 p.m. August: • April 6, Joe Cavallaro: 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 K September: • April 7, Jake Simon: 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 K June 15 Away 7:05 p.m. Leading after six: 2-0 Tied after six: • April 8, Anthony Kay: 4 IP, 0 ER, 4 K Trailing after six: 0-2 June 16 Away 6:05 p.m. Leading after seven: 2-0 Tied after seven: Collectively, Columbia’s starters have posted a 1.35 ERA plus 22 June 17 Away 2:05 p.m. Trailing after seven: 0-2 Leading after eight: 2-0 strikeouts in four games. Chris Viall, the sixth-round draft pick of the Tied after eight: Mets out of Stanford in ‘16, toes the rubber tonight vs. Hagerstown July 11 Away 7:05 p.m. Trailing after eight: 0-2 Scoring first: 1-1 HOT START: Blake Tiberi has two three-hit games in just four days. July 12 Away 7:05 p.m. Opponents score first: 1-1 The Taylor Mill, Kentucky, native is hitting .500 (8-for-16) with 3 RBIs Shutout Wins/Loses: 0-0 to begin the year. Tiberi got off to a fast start a year ago, reaching July 13 Away 7:05 p.m. Fireflies starter less than 6 IP: 1-1 base six times in his first two games as a Firefly. Fireflies starter 6+ IP: 1-1 August 18 Away 6:05 p.m. Fireflies starter 7+ IP: 0-0 vs. LH starters: 0-1 4-FOR-4: Both Blake Tiberi and Jeremy Vasquez have reached vs. RH starters: 2-1 August 19 Away 2:05 p.m. base safely in the season’s first four games. Scoring less than three: 0-1 Scoring three or four: 1-0 August 20 Away 7:05 p.m. Scoring five or more: 1-1 ROUNDING SECOND: Edgardo Fermin has as many triples as any of his teammates have XBHs. The infielder blasted his second into August 21 Away 2:05 p.m. One-run games: 0-0 the right-center field alley on Sunday. Two-run games: 1-0 5+ run games: 1-1 PROSPECTS IN COLUMBIA ROSTER BREAKDOWN Extra Innings: 0-0 Walk-Off Wins: 0-0 Columbia’s 2018 roster is filled with plenty of skilled Mets farmhands. Here’s the break- down: 19-year-olds: 1 23-year-olds: 8 Out-hitting opponent: 1-1 20-year-olds: 0 24-year-olds: 2 Being out-hit: 1-1 METS PROSPECTS (according to MLB.com & Baseball America) 21-year-olds: 3 25-year-olds: 1 Same number of hits: 0-0 14. LHP Anthony Kay 22. Quinn Brodey 22-year-olds: 10 METS STERLING AWARD WINNERS Series W-L-T (Home): 0-0-1 Drafted, Signed out of HS: 1 Series W-L-T (Road): Nicolas Debora, RHP (2017 Brooklyn Cyclones, 2015 DSL Mets) Drafted, Signed out of College: 17 Series W-L-T (Total): 0-0-1 Rigoberto Terrazas, INF (2017 Kingsport Mets) International Signings: 5 Series Sweeps (Home): TOP 10-ROUND METS DRAFT PICKS: Undrafted Free Agent Signings: 2 Series Sweeps (Road): Anthony Kay (UConn, 2016 - 1st round), Quinn Brodey (Stanford, 2017 – 3rd), Blake States (13) / Countries (5) Series Sweeps (Total): Tiberi (Louisville, 2016 – 3rd), Tony Dibrell (Kennesaw State, 2017 – 4th), Matt Winaker th th Represented (18): AZ, CA, GA, FL, (Stanford, 2017 – 5 ), Chris Viall (Stanford, 2016 – 6 ), Marcel Renteria (New Mexico White Jerseys: 1-1 th th IL, KY, MA, NY, OK, PA, TX, UT, Gray Jerseys: 0-0 State, 2017 – 6 ), Conner O’Neil (Cal. State Northridge, 2017 – 7 ), Trey Cobb (Oklahoma State, 2017 – 8th), Cannon Chadwick (Arkansas, 2017 – 9th) WA, Canada, Dominican Republic, Yellow Jerseys: 1-0 Mexico, Venezuela Navy Jerseys: 0-1 #CONNECT WITH THE COLUMBIA FIREFLIES Specialty Jerseys: 0-0 Most of 2017 Season Spent In: Home crowds of 5,000+: 1 COLUMBIA (A) - 3 Home crowds of 6,000+: 1 Brooklyn (SS) - 14 Home crowds of 7,000+: Kingsport (Adv-R) - 5 /ColumbiaFireflies @ColaFireflies @ColaFireflies Columbia Fireflies DNP, Injury - 2 Sellouts at Spirit Communications Park: Ind. (Atlantic Lg.) - 1 ColumbiaFireflies.com Upcoming Schedule (ET) with Probable Pitchers Tuesday, April 10 vs. Hagerstown 7:05 p.m. RHP Marcel Renteria (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Brigham Hill (0-1, 2.25) Wednesday, April 11 vs. Hagerstown 7:05 p.m. RHP Tony Dibrell (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Nick Raquet (0-1, 5.40) Thursday, April 12 @ Asheville 7:05 p.m. RHP Joe Cavallaro (1-0, 3.00) Friday, April 13 @ Asheville 7:05 p.m. LHP Jake Simon (0-1, 1.50) Saturday, April 14 @ Asheville 6:05 p.m. LHP Anthony Kay (0-0, 0.00) Media Contact: Kevin Fitzgerald — [email protected] — 803-888-3040 (Office) — 908-745-9385 (Cell) FCORTOLUMBIA WAYNE FIREFLIES TINCAPS 2018 2014 G AMEGAME N OTESNOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 39 Chris Viall HT: 6-9 WT: 230 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Santa Cruz, CA AGE: 22 BORN: September OBTAINED: Selected by the Mets in the 6th round of the 2016 MLB 28, 1995 First-Year Player Draft out of Stanford University YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 16 Kingsport (Adv-R) 0-2 6.75 9-6 0 0 20.0 18 19 15 17 27 .228 17 Brooklyn (SS) 0-3 3.42 9-5 0 0 26.1 17 12 10 14 31 .187 MiLB CAREER 0-5 4.86 18-11 0 0 46.1 35 31 25 31 58 .206 2018 STARTS NOTES & LINKS Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT • College: Stanford University (CA)...spent three seasons with the Cardinal...appeared in 47 games and made 15 starts (13 of these starts came in his freshman and sophomore years)...finished his career with a 4.80 ERA • Attended Soquel High School...final outing of his career was in the D III Quarterfinals (16 strikeouts) • Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League’s Pitcher of the year in 2013 (1.45 ERA, 113 strikeouts, & 72 innings)...former big leaguer Casey McGehee (played . for eight different MLB teams) also went to Soquel • In October of 2016, Viall underwent surgery to reposition the ulnar nerve in his right elbow...this was the same surgery Mets RHP Jacob deGrom had a month prior to this • Originally was selected by the Giants in the 39th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, but did not sign CAREER MARKS IP H R ER BB K 5.0 (8/30/17 v Vermont) 6 (8/22/16 @ Johnson City) 5, 2x (Last: 8/22/16 @ Johnson City) 5 (8/22/16 @ Johnson City) 4, 3x (Last: 8/2/17 v Tri City) 8 (7/20/16 @ Elizabethton) START ME UP (2018 STARTERS) Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Game RHP Tony Dibrell 1 0-0 1-0 2 2 RHP Joe Cavallaro 1 1-0 1-0 7 7 LHP Jake Simon 1 0-1 0-1 0 0 LHP Anthony Kay 1 0-0 0-1 5 5 RHP Chris Viall RHP Marcel Renteria Page 2 COLUMBIA FIREFLIES 2018 GAME NOTES 2018 FIREFLIES MANAGER & COACHING STAFF MANAGER PEDRO LOPEZ On January 17, 2018, the New York Mets named two-time Eastern League (AA) Manager of the Year Pedro Lopez the next Fireflies skipper. The 2018 season marks Lopez’s 11th year as a manager in the Mets minor league system and his 17th overall. Lopez has managed every full-season level of the Mets system after piloting the triple-A Las Vegas 51s in 2017. The 2013 Eastern League Manager of the Year has accumulated 865 wins over 16 years as a manager and has guided dozens of future big leaguers including Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Edinson Volquez.